Messinger, Milo claim UAA Athlete of the Week honors

Zoe Messinger '13 and Steven Milo '13 (photo by Sportspix)

Mar 13, 2012

WALTHAM, Mass.- Brandeis University juniors Zoe
Messinger of Short Hills,
N.J., and Steven Milo of
Woodbury, N.Y.,
have earned University Athletic Association Athlete of the Week
honors for the week ending March 11. Messinger was recognized for
women's fencing, while Milo was a men's tennis honoree.

Messinger, who earned her second career UAA
Athlete of the Week honor, had the Judges' best finish at the 2012
NCAA Northeast Regional meet at Boston College on Sunday, placing
11th overall. Messinger, whose best previous finish at
regionals was a 17th-place finish last year, improved
six spots in 2012. She was the 20th seed headed into the
tournament this year. In her first round of competition, Messinger
went 4-2, advancing in the 16th spot. She went 3-3 in
the second round, edging two other fencers who went .500 with an
even touch differential, to take the 12th and final spot
in the final round. In the final bracket, Messinger registered two
more victories, over fencers from St. John's and Boston College, to
claim 11th place overall and one of two at-large
considerations from the Northeast region for the NCAA National
Collegiate Fencing championships, which will be held at the Ohio
State University from March 24-27.

Milo, a captain of the men's
tennis team, went 3-1 at No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles for the
Judges at the Middlebury Invitational. In a 6-3 win over UAA rival
NYU, he won 8-2 in doubles action along with sophomore Josh
Jordan of Northboro,
Mass., and cruised to a 6-1, 6-3 win in singles action,
one of only two Brandeis players to win both matches. Against host
Middlebury, ranked seventh in Division III by the Intercollegiate
Tennis Association, Milo picked up Brandeis's only point in an 8-1
loss with a 6-2, 6-3 over the Panthers' Alec Parower, the No. 11
player in the Northeast Region and No. 37 in the nation.

Overall this season, Milo is 5-1 in dual matches at No. 1, 2-2
at No. 2 doubles and 0-2 at No. 1 doubles, while the Judges have a
2-4 record in dual matches. Brandeis's next match is their home
opener March 21 against cross-town rival Bentley College at 3
p.m.